New park set up in tribute to army's workhorses
A unique Military Transport Heritage Park was dedicated to the nation at the Army Service Corps (ASC) Centre and College here on Monday. Dubbed as one of its kind in the country, the park was formally...
View Article53 allottees entitled to 'G' sites, panel tells HC
The Justice Farooq Commission, enquiring into the allotment of 'G' category sites, on Tuesday submitted before the High Court of Karnataka the report pertaining to the allotment of 56 plots. The report...
View ArticleACB raids 5 officials for 'ill-gotten wealth'
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Tuesday raided five government officials in different parts of the state for owning disproportionate assets. The officials raided are: K R Mahesh,...
View ArticleAdvance bail for UoM VC
The high court has granted anticipatory bail to Prof K S Rangappa, Vice Chancellor of the University of Mysore. He is booked in a case of financial irregularities in the Karnataka State Open...
View ArticleOfficer's driver ends life
The car driver of a land acquisition officer committed suicide by consuming poison at Maddur on Tuesday.The deceased is Ramesh Gowda, son of Chikka Hombalegowda from Kadukottanahalli in the taluk. He...
View ArticleBMRCL floats another tender for civil work on Whitefield corridor
To speed up work on construction of the Whitefield Metro corridor, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has decided take up civil work in two packages. On Tuesday, BMRCL floated a tender for...
View ArticleResidents oppose bid to encroach on Palike ground for cricket academy
The residents of HAL 3rd stage in Thippasandra ward are up in arms against an attempt to encroach a public playground to develop a private cricket academy with seven concrete pitches.Residents are...
View ArticleAnupu cultural festival from Friday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) and Infosys Foundation will jointly organise Anupu Festival from December 9 to 11 at Anupu village near the Nagarajunasagar dam on the banks of River Krishna on the...
View ArticleNote exchange: CBI registers FIR against banker, 2 businessmen
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a second FIR against a bank official and two businessmen from Bengaluru for fraudulently exchanging the demonetised notes. The CBI has...
View ArticleKSRTC halts Tamil Nadu services for second day
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) did not operate any buses to Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. However, train services were normal while private operators had partly suspended their...
View ArticleNGO gives strong message with baking unit of autistic kids
Six-year-old Aniket has received his new baking tools and is into preparing cupcakes for home delivery. Sumit and seven other autistic children, aged between 3 and 19 years, are putting their skills to...
View ArticleUnscientific dumping of biomed waste to be stopped
To fully prevent unscientific dumping of biomedical waste, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) wants the Global Positioning System (GPS) installed in all vehicles that carry biomedical...
View ArticleWoman kills son, herself
A 38-year-old woman ended her life after killing her son at her house in Nelagadaranahalli, Peenya, on Monday. The police said that Subhadra, a garments factory employee fed pesticide-laced food to her...
View ArticleWoman gets husband 'killed' with cyanide-laced needle
A woman, her paramour and two of their associates were arrested for murdering her husband in Ramanagaram district. The suspects murdered Ravikumar, 42, by piercing a cyanide needle into him on October...
View ArticleBoy asphyxiates while swinging on rope
A seven-year-old boy, playing alone on the terrace of his house, asphyxiated as his neck became entangled in a rope fastened between a water pipe and a pole. The incident occurred at MV Garden in...
View ArticleGang attacks ATM guard
Three men attacked a security guard at an ATM centre in Viveknagar, central Bengaluru, at 11.30 pm on Monday. The assailants arrived by two motorbikes and tried to rob the guard, KPradhan, a native of...
View Article'Depressed' CAR cop hangs himself
Aconstable attached to the City Armed Reserve (CAR) committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of his house at Mathikere on Monday noon.According to the police, the deceased is Mahesh, 38. He was...
View ArticleDismissed constable runs 'extortion racket' from jail
A dismissed constable, jailed for extorting money from government officials by impersonating the Lokayukta SP, now faces another charge. He is accused of running another extortion racket from the...
View ArticleExhibition on prisoners' artworks
There is always an art exhibition to be attended in the city. Local, international artists, contemporary, modern art exhibitions - you would have seen them all. But for the first time, Bengaluru will...
View ArticleViolinist cheers bankers with his high notes
Bankers, for whom change has been the scarce after demonetisation, got a big dose of it recently. For the hassled staff of the Karnataka Bank branch in JP Nagar, their lunch break last week was not...
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